The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-04
THEFARHRR AND HIS WORK
Address Of Gov. McEnery at the
the IeaneFelte Fair.
The Relation Of Agriculture to The
State.
And 10 he Great Cause OF Public Education.

Aa1ASa ~ Wv hdSAAdiNFY ~ f4tA EhnehN Al
tskapas Fair, held at deanerstte, La, Gov.
McEnery saidi
The first element In successful farming Is
honest dealing with the land.
No crop IL raised and carried awky but
WHIST takes from the ground some Of its pro-
duetiye power. The true farmer restores
what y taken away and wastes nothing that
Las fsrtili2ing Talne
Land needs rest as much az animals. The
ground needs rsposo as much as the filler
needs his rest 81 no0ntide, or his sleep al
night, or his weekly holiday. Changes Of
seasons give rest 10 the soil. In some eli
mates the wheat fields sleep under blankets
OF snow, the fruit trees relieve themselves Of
foliaga and send down their eurplns sap 10
their roots. All that grows gets rid Of saper-
huous exhaustion, and after long repoae
springs out in due time with new ydgor. The
law Of alternate work and rest iB al ezacting
as the great physical iaw of action and re-
action. Its requirements cannot be ignored
or avoided or eyaded without penalty,
The land rebels against monopoly 90 much
~ the tifleE does, There are favored plsees
where the soil viii produce the same eTepa
Tor many years, where even the great grand
CONS OF the first gEltiYatoFs find no d, crosse
10 fertility. We have large areas of such
lands in our own beautiful State that prom
i've rewards to the planter for coming genera
Il .ll W. pave neny vide expanges 9f allIl-
transpoTted for long distances and pFotita-
by employed az Q fertilizer on thin but Bbi ii
valuable lands. BRt these allHyial treasures,
laese taepQslts Of eqlnrtess centuries these
hibutes to the Gull by the King al rigsFa,
more precious thsD the Lords gf Venice ever
cast into the welded Adliatie, these lsnds
that promise 10 feed and clothe tirpngipR
millions for ages 70 come, are practically Ell
eeptions- Even these may wear ont BIZ OK
geBsiye culture on mOnotOnouR crops but it
y not 70 these that refer. 0theF lands in
far greater area are such as cannot bear this
m9Rotpny. Besides restoration of what IL
taken eWny they need rotation and alterns-
uoa as well a. frequent periods Of absolute
tfeposs. Ans requirement neglected makes
South all over the North, all oyer the West.
4 peEtilent greed for rapid gains, the Dropea-
Biay to grow rich in haste, the eageF passion
70 gather u ten years more thnn the thrift
and industry Of forty years can deserve,
have, depHded end depopuiated an imperial
territory Of millions Of acres. destroyed be-
yG4nd tue reach Of reBtoration.
~ does not pay 10 cheat nature. III does
not pay to cheat the soil. II does not pay to
cheat the laborer. The farmer who cheats
the ground Is his own Wersesdupe. He robs
Mother Earth Of the power to be kind 10 his
children, including hlmself.
" should be
TIE AIM AND TIE PRIDE or TIE GOOD FARMER
70 leRye his lands in better condition then
when he received them, whether BY Inherit
ance OF purchase. He should give back to
the farm more, and more each year the fruits
Of hls labor, his experience, his capital and
his skill, Increased facilities oR tranBpoFta-
ton enhanced va ues OF products and the
demHpde OF gfoMlug popnlatiOn may
greatly increase The market value, of bis
farm, aud he I0ay bherefofe seem 10 be grow
ing rich; yet bis farm may have grown
poorer ID productive capacity, deRenerated
IN yitslizing propeFtieE,, neglectsd in its
ditehes fences, rooads and. buildings dinin-
ished n shade timber, woodland pasture
end orchards, End lin many TeBpeetg less
beautiful and less lntripslcaily valuable. BE
who thus steadily works down the value Of
his acres, content to add field u field and
farm to farm, without improving, eonieIlt
with tneresse IN prices, careless Of SEXUAL
deteFioraGon, content to leave to new gen-
Grafton ianded property worse than he found
it, may be counted among the successful
and de rich, but he cannot 10 counted
among benetactofs on among those who are
pi99d u h9 recognized as farmers III spirit
Nations have fallen yietims 10 the diyhon.
eet Rna vicious greed Of those who robbed
the soil aud the tillerso OF the soil, as often as
from any Qther cause, a fRlse system OK ug-
iieulture haE CRIED up the fountains Of sub
giS'epee ~ many places, where millions once
dwelt in Contentment, where great empires
had their scots, and where corn and wine and
oil were III all houses, Tho lands oyeTW0rked
~ HMtpAJ ANkACAkblN NNA EAAAsMGFE Mh0 EGs
IaorBelosS rulers slowly lqst their prodaetiye
power npd became barren and wild
aud desert ERPd desolate. the .hd-
gRucing destruction speeding ont into
Shs fse i 81 A a S2d as Ia Betb b es6
remove These blotches Of barrenneas there
nothing e8n avert the same ettects wherever
fYl & o ss4sb gSssG systs p roRbins tie
Cutting away forestais
ANOTHER FORM eF DIsRoaEsF DEALING
With the wealthy producing and healthinaur-
Ing surface pf the earth. Forests arc great
reservoirs Of water, keeping under theiE
shades the epows Of winter p supply tho
the harvest sun IL pouring down hot beams
upon the Eelds Ihg wooded hills qre the
friepae aud the kiuBpnep Of The mstefed wax
Less, The brooke Welcome Abe mountain
TiyIilet tie creeks welcome tie brooks, and
tie great rivers take tic bIanehos and tbe
creeks along With them tlxrcURh llang bends
aud reaches, and Of last tns glad gea receives
them in its tawny surf aud carries them ont
taa, 1t gets ee4sel IS pttibuti6n Of flesh
water from the liYerg, but IL sends back con-
anpouslg eeaseleFs qafaayap II watey-1esi-
tsins again aud then Ioiir down ii fsiii-
water oF i'll EnQB crystals 81 rain. But when
the fall aud tangled locks Of Tic m8anta5ia
aFe shefn aIgay aud theze Is left no network
Of roots and underground 10 fetaln the moiRg
tuie and no thick shade 10 hinder tho Inelk
ipg "a fIls sIlua aiia iae, 0iere b 10 rGtnIn
tribute To tbs seas there lane eGolnaSg III all
10 conaenae ard precipItate Che pseeioql
freight pf ths sea-boFn clouds, ana the bala
aud aekalAta mountain Rtd1s remain gray an L
div and leaiiesg. ard tho Bea1th 81 their Eoil
washes AWa9 iIse the Kttilsys
No alaill az the tfee-plRuter can ever again
restore to tile mountain TOPS and aides bid
yestlire that has hsep shefR aWay. Tire
ahiaGWy and a6lelpn woods WitiQli grew there
eallilot ggeB again n e9 q psltpliiea,
mountains and bills will he tonbatoties u
mark tie spots where vegetation enee prs-
vailed u NY it, glory uoN mourning ospl
dlied-np beds q etsflts AUG Iiystg, t9T the
crowned and lite-gisirg, TIT nrbpF days y
bhe time are only eayg Of set mourning Rnd
tnenInl3le grief.
II fhe etlieT peeessaTies o. tie. Hence ID
right ID deiaalid that thesH pthe3 neneRsaliei
Shall he pFcdaaed and supplied in hINpts
auantities and at faif prteaa. The faF1nei
feeds tn nsslafactureF agd Eet4 III, wares
ara ssts IT 5sGis With sGeh increeses
value ~ Skill and labor have produced. Boil
aTe 81 IL ii tefsstea IN cheap proaueti9n and
spe rs fHe fNrtiis the beLtef ii ID f5r l5oiil.
Arpeliea seilila across tue Ablalliie i4nE1Her
et3le eaFnaas III BrR3p, Illeet and eottpu Il
supply nlill aAa feed MIL 3IlegAtaYes itest
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